Country Sessions
Location: Windsor Barra Convention & Expo Center, Level 2, Oceania IX-X
Fee: Included with registration
An important compliment to the technical program, ICE 2025 Special Country Sessions provide participants with an overview of energy industry activity on key countries in the Latin America and Caribbean Region as well as in India and Africa.
Each session includes brief overview presentations delivered by operators and regulators followed by a moderated panel discussion highlighting recent exploration activity and investment opportunities in the geographic area being highlighted.
Discussions will not only revolve around the geological potential of the key countries but also the overall political and economic outlooks that will impact business decisions and exploration strategies. See country session times, speakers and chairs below.
Date: Wednesday, 1 October
Time: 13:30-15:00
Chairs: Henrique Penteado, Petrobras; Aloisio Pellon and Brava Energia
Panelists:
Rogerio Soares Cunha
General Manager Exploration, Petrobras
Marina Abelha
Promotions & Licensing Superintendent, ANP
André Picarelli
Subsurface Executive Manager, PRIO
Lucio Prevatti
General Manager Exploration, Development and Subsurface, Shell
Judith Vila Pont
COO, Repsol Sinopec
Date: Wednesday, 1 October
Time: 15:30-17:00
Chairs: Xavier Moonan and Victor Vega
Panelists:
Paul Riley
Guyana/Suriname Exploration Manager, ExxonMobil
Sharista Koensingh
Acting Exploration Manager, Offshore Directorate, Staatsolie
Joe Ponthier
General Manager Exploration – South America Frontier, Chevron, Chevron
James Geary
Area Manager in charge of Guyana-Suriname, TotalEnergies
Harris Saifi Hakimi
Americas Venture General Manager, Petronas
Date: Thursday, 2 October
Time: 08:30-10:00
Chairs: Sylvia Anjos and Victor Vega
Panelists:
Matt Chandler
Managing Director, ExxonMobil Gas
Sushma Rawat
Exploration Director, ONGC
Ranjit Rath
Chairman & Managing Director, Oil India Limited (OIL)
*Invited
Date: Thursday, 2 October
Time: 10:30-12:00
Chairs: Marcio Rocha Mello and Nj Ayuk
Panelists:
Ricardo Bedregal
Executive Director - Upstream Operations LATAM and Frontier North America, S&P Global
Henri Houllevigue
Vice President of Geoscience, TGS
Luiz Gamboa
Adjust Professor, Universidade Federal Fluminense
Webster Mohriak
Universidade do Estado de Rio de Janeiro
Marcio Rocha Mello
CEO, NEC
Date: Thursday, 2 October
Time: 13:30-15:00
Chairs: Pablo Gristo, ANCAP and Juan Pablo Lovecchio, YPF
Fernanda Raggio
Vice President of Exploration, YPF
Pedro Biscayart
Vaca Muerta Studies Director, Tecpetrol
Eytan Uliel
CEO, Challenger
Santiago Ferro
Energy Transition Manager, ANCAP
Date: Thursday, 2 October
Time: 15:30-17:00
Chairs: Liliana Gomez, Shell Colombia; Flover Rodriguez, ACGGP
Panelists:
Orlando Velandia
President, ANH
Marcos Galvão,
GM for Colombia Exploration Assets, Petrobras
Orlando Cabrales
CEO, FronteraEnergy
Rafael Guzman
Executive Vice President Hydrocarbons, Ecopetrol
*Invited
Date: Friday, 3 October
Time: 10:30-12:00
Chairs: Ana Maria Goncalves, YPFB Chaco; Frederico Seminario, PetroTal
Panelists:
Max Torres
COO, PetroTal
Pedro Owaldo Chira
President of the Directorate, Perupetro
Pedro Romero
Vice President of Exploration, Oxy
Valeria Cerqueira Conde
President, Petrobras Bolivia
Vitor Abreu
CTO Fluxus Oil, Gas & Energy